Here is Mother Nature – in all its trauma, chaos and unfolding catastrophe

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Massive heatwaves, droughts, pandemics and water scarcity will continue to be the norm (Sky News)

The climate crisis is very visible for those who continue to deny its very existence.

What we are currently witnessing is the full depth, powerfulness and magnitude of Mother Nature: its trauma, chaos and unfolding catastrophe.

Massive heatwaves, droughts, pandemics and water scarcity will continue to be the norm, rather than the exception. Time to think holistically about food, health and water security.

Dr Munjed Farid al Qutob

London

We are overusing energy supplies

Congratulations, everybody! We have stuck ourselves in a feedback loop needing more energy every season to keep us barely functioning. This loop is now turning into complete chaos.

Of course, Mother Nature has provided the antidote – going cold turkey not only on greed but much else besides with two options available; doing it voluntarily or involuntarily.

Liam Power

Dundalk

Where’s the ice?

Three ice-cream shops were closed in Stratford-upon-Avon today. Is this a record?

Dr John Doherty

Stratford-upon-Avon

Ode to an NHS Summer

July 2022. Peak heat wave. It’s 40 Celsius on the wards

A collective sigh: another hottest summer on record.

Patients and staff miserable with dehydration,

A collective pyrexia: Start those drips, maintain that circulation.

With ambient temperatures akin to the equator,

We question why estates can’t turn off the radiator?

Our friends and family head to the beach for a tan,

Whilst we ponder which kidney to sell for a desk fan?

But wait! An email arrives to answer our prayers.

A confluence of employees from ICU to Patient Affairs

It reads: ‘Free ice-creams for all staff’,

What a boost, all smiles for the PR photograph.

July 2022. Peak Heat wave, we escape A & E at the double

But what do we find when we get to the counter?

Some discarded wrappers and A Calippo puddle.

Silas Webb

ACCS - Emergency Medicine Doctor, St Mary’s Hospital

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The Tories have denied us the chance to judge them

Not only have the remaining Tory leadership candidates pulled out of the live Sky TV debate but they have also ruled out any early general election, denying the country the opportunity to judge not only their plans – but the Tories’ overall record after 12 years in power.

But minimising their public exposure is a means of damage limitation. For it is already clear that the candidate’s supporters and a fretful Parliamentary Party are viewing the whole contest with horror as Liz Truss’s “voodoo” economics plays out against Rishi Sunak’s threat to use a monetarist’s sledgehammer to stamp out inflation, leaving the country facing the choice of either Turkish-style inflation or deflation on steroids.

The Tories and their 100,000 plus members have created this car crash of a leadership campaign by their obsession in wanting another Brexit-compliant leader who will continue to try to delude them – but hopefully not the country – that it is done and working.

Paul Dolan

Cheshire

How is Liz Truss still in the running?

I find Liz Truss’s continued success in the PM race to be deeply suspicious. She is a hopeless public speaker with no agility, she has a poor grasp of economics and the multiple successes she keeps going on about seem meagre at best, but are more like failures. The Australian trade deal is a case in point: ask any farmer. So why is she still attracting so many votes from MPs?

Tim Sidaway

Hertfordshire